Receptacle of textile fabric and method of making the same



July 16; 1935. L. J. KRAUS 2,008,285

RECEPTACLE OF TEXTILE FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed NOV.12, 1934 Patented July 16, 1935 UNITED STATES- "PATENT FFICE] 'faooszss"REOEPTACLE- or 'rsx'rrw rA-lin o METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Leon J.Kraiis, enamel-snare. Application November 12,-l934, Serial Nd. 752,639

Claims.. or. 15091) U 'My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a receptacle of textile fabric and the method of makingthe same, which receptacle is adapted for use as a pillow cover, pillowcase,

5 hand bag or other article.

One of the objects of the invention is. to produce a device of thischaracter in which the obverse and reverse sides of the article will be0 the same material and design.

Often it is impossible to obtain two sides of an article of this kindfrom a piece of fabric, due to the shape and size of such piece and ifonly one of the sides is obtainable there isconsiderabl'e waste.Therefore another object of this; invention is to fashion a piece offabric into a plurality of sections of regular form with practically nowaste and then secure said sections together in a manner that the twosides of an article are produced from the piece of fabric. 1

Another object of the invention is to assemble the sections so that apart of each forms a portionof both the obverse and reverse sides of thereceptacle.

Another object of this invention is to produce an article of the kindmentioned by employing a certain method that is effective and that canbe readily performed.

A further object of the invention is to use fabrics having a stripedpattern or striped effect and to arrange the sections so that thestripes of one section are at an angle to the stripes of adjacentsections giving the appearance of the stripes: of each sectionintercepting the stripes of contiguous sections, thus forming anattractive and pleasing effect to the eye.

A still further object of my invention is to produce an article ofmanufacture of unique construction in which the finished article iswithout a seam about the edge between the front and back sides. Thisreduces the amount of labor to make a device of the kind described overthat necessary to construct an article of the same character in theregular way and which will have the obverse and reverse sides arrangedas herein set forth.

With these and other objects in View, this invention consists of thedetails of construction and combination of elements hereinafter setforth and then specifically designated by the claims. 50 In order thatthose skilled in the art to which this invention appertains mayunderstand how to make and use the same, I will describe itsconstruction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a receptacle in a tenal z r strip-a1:area; and the terms used herei'nare to distended -6iiditidii,

constructed in accordance mm invention. I I I Fig. 2 arses view of wesections stitchedtdtiire, these two sections producing one-half of thearticle shown Figs. I and 4.

Fig; 5 perspective view df' a modification.

In carrying out my mvenmoaas embodied in Figs. 1- and 4, inclusive, Iemploy four sections I i); l l l 2 aln'd l3 of striped textile fabricand by striped fabric I mean that which is woven with the stripes in it,or which has stripes printed thereon; or' where the effect is producedby securing" strip's 'ot fabric; braid or corded or other material tothe foundation cloth. In other words, my invention contemplates the useof mabe so construed.

The four sections 10, ll, l2 and I3 are all true squares of exactly thesame size andin the course of making a receptacle M, the section I0 issuper- 1 imposed on the section II with their right sides innermost oragainst each other and the stripes of one section are at right angles tothe stripes of the other section. These sections are then securedtogether along two adjacent edges, as by stitches I5, which leavessection ID with two free edges l6 and I! and section II also with twofree edges IB and l9.

In a similar manner the section I2 is superimposed on the section 13 andthey are secured together along two adjacent edges, as by stitches 20,which leaves section I2 with two free edges 2| and 22 while the sectionI3 has two free edges 23 and 24.

The two halves of the receptacle thus produced and illustrated in Figs.2 and 3 now can be folded so that each half produces a right angletriangle in which the free edges of each section coincide and one of thefree edges of each section aligns with a free edge of the other sectionto constitute the hypothenuse of the triangle. While thus folded, theedges l6 and I8 are secured to the edges 22 and 24 respectively and the,edges l1 and l 9 are attached to the edges 2| and 23 respectively, as bystitches 25. In one of the seams is left.

'g'e'ther with one section slightly turned back and. simmering one stepthe course of manurac- In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5, eachof the sections 28, 29, 30, 3|, 32 and 33 are of diamond shape and fourof these sections are arranged in pairs and secured together along twoadjacent edges, then a third section is secured to one of the sectionsof each pair thus providing two These halves are then folded completehalves. on the short diameters of their respective sections and freeedges of said halves secured together.

'Ihe article thus formed is now turned right side out to complete thereceptacle 34 in which each section provides a portion of the obverseand reverse sides of the receptacle, and the border edge 35 is createdby the folds in the short diameters of the several sections and thestripes of contiguous sections run at angles to one another, be ingintercepted by the seams between such sections.

Of course I do not wish to,be limited to the exact details ofconstruction herein shown and described, as theymay be varied within thelimits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, "what I claim as new anduseful is 1. In a device of the kind described, a plurality ofrectilineal sections of striped textile material, each folded on a linebetween two of its corners to produce a triangle figure, and the edgesof said sections secured together to form a receptacle in which theobverse and reverse sides thereof are identical and in which the borderedge is without a seam.

2. In a device of the kind described a plurality of rectilineal sectionsof striped textile fabric having their edges secured together so thatthe stripes of one section are at an angle to the stripes of contiguoussections and said sections folded on lines between corners common toeach pair of adjacent sections whereby one part of each section forms aportion of the obverse side and another equal part forms a portion ofthe reverse side of a receptacle.

3. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of uniform squaresections of stripedmaterial, each folded along a diagonal line and saidsections secured together along their edges with the stripes of eachsection positioned at right angles to the stripes of contiguoussections, one-half of all of the sections forming the obverse side of areceptacle and the other half of all of said receptacle without a seamalong the border edge.

4. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of uniform diamondshaped sections of striped material, each folded along its shortdiameter and said sections secured together along their edges with thestripes of each section positioned at angles to the stripes ofcontiguous sections, one- 7 half of all of the sections forming theobverse side of a receptacle and the other half of all of said sectionsforming the reverse side of said receptacle without a seam along theborder edge.

5. The method of producing a receptacle in which the obverse and reversesides will be of the same material and pattern, the same being formedfrom a piece of striped textile fabric that cannot be cut into two areasequal to the dimensions of the sides of the receptacle; consisting ofcuttingthe piece of fabric into uniform sections, then stitching theedges of a plurality of said sections together to form a half of thereceptacle, then stitching the other sections together along their edgesto form the other half of the receptacle, then folding the sectionsforming each half along lines between their corners and finallystitching the two halves together so that a border edge is providedwithout a seam and the stripes of each section are positioned at anglesto the stripes of contiguous sections.

LEON J. KRAUS.

